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If you can’t beat ’em, buy ’em—Canadian Tire acquires Sport Chek

Goodbye Zellers, hello Target! The U.S. chain is finally coming to Canada, $1.8 billion later

The Shoppers effect: more loyalty programs for Canadian retailers

Walmart and Whole Foods go head-to-head in organic battle

Lady Gaga named top style maker, Roots releases its Olympics line, fate of Gucci film in peril

Fast-food freebie failures, slithery surprises, and the feds attack U.S. food-labelling law

The big potato bailout, binge drinking epidemic, the trials of a Toronto food critic